Joshua Azukas
Education
SUNY Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
B.E. Grad date: May 2018
M.S. Grad date: May 2019
GPA: 3.9
- Degree: B.E./M.S. Biomedical Engineering
- Specialization in Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Summa Cum Laude
- Degree in progress: PhD
- Deans list: Fall/Spring 2014/2015, Fall/Spring 2015/2016, Fall/Spring 2016/2017, Fall/Spring 2017/2018
- Outstanding Academic Achievement award: Fall 2014
- Presidential Scholarship and CEAS Dean’s Scholarship
- Weinig CEAS Scholarship Recipient
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
- Alpha Eta Mu Beta Honor Society
Job Experience
Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York, White Plains, NY 6/16-8/16
Intern and Shadow
- Collected data for clinical research
- Observed patient doctor interaction in the hospital/OR and office setting
- Other tasks as needed
The Links at Union Vale Golf Course, Union Vale, NY 10/12-8/17
Cart Manager, Starter, Ranger
- Maintain golf carts and other equipment
- Pro shop Assistant
- Worked on the course maintaining pace of play and starting customers
Disability Support Services, Stony Brook University, NY 1/18
Personal Organic Chemistry Lab Aid
- Completed necessary lab procedures at injured student’s request
- Helped student use equipment they could not handle with injury
Biomedical Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, NY
Teaching Assistant: Principles of Bioimaging 1/18-5/18
- Held Office hours to assist student understanding of material
- Designed and hosted in class review session of material presented by professor
- Responsible for maintaining student grade book; attendance and grading of exams and assignments.
Teaching Assistant: Senior Design 8/19
- Guide students to develop innovative solutions to medically based problems and teach them how to use prototyping equipment.
- Maintain Prototypong equipment; laser cutter, 3D printers, computers, ect.
- Maintain Budget for course
Graduate Research Assistant: See Research Starting 5/19
Community Service
Northern Westchester Hospital, Westchester, NY 6/15-8/15
Volunteer
- Assisted nurses in daily routine
- Assisted in patient comfort
- Assisted patients coming in and being discharged
National Honor Society, Lagrangeville, NY
Volunteer
- Worked with children in elementary schools to promote learning
- Worked with children at sports training events
- Worked with disabled children at sports training events
- Worked in soup kitchens donating and preparing food
Research
1/16-12/16
Electrospinning Nanoscaffolds and Analysis of Material Properties.
1/17 – 5/17
Blood platelet aggregation studies to assess biocompatibility of nanoscaffolds (Experience with human platelet aggregation and cellular culture).
1/18
Multi-jet Electrospinning Nanoscaffolds and Analysis of Material Properties.
1/18
Senior Design: Development of an affordable, hands free transillumination LED vein finder
5/18
Development of Custom Cell Culture Incubator for a Fluorescent Metabolic Study of Breast Cancer Cells in a PDMS Microchannel.
8/18
Development of Protocol for Fabricating Microarrays for Single-Cell Fluorescent Studies.
5/19
COMSOL Simulations of MDA-MB-231 Glucose and Oxygen Consumption in 3D Gel Matrix.
6/19
Confocal Microscopy Studies of MDA-MB-231 in 3D Gel Matrix and Python Cell Counting Code to Determine Changing cellular Densities Over Time
Skills
Leadership: Junior Varsity Lacrosse Captain, Vice President on the Executive Board of Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse Club, Senior Design Project Manager, Lab Aid.
Computer: Excel, Word, Power Point, Autodesk Inventor, PTC Creo, MatLab, Python, R, ImageJ, Arduino, Laser Cutter/Engraver, 3D printer.